Regarding The Love of Your Life: Do you wait forever for perfection or settle for ‘good enough?’
Why thus longing, thus forever sighing
For the far-off, unattained, and dim,
While the beautiful all round thee lying
Offers up its low, perpetual hymn?
Poem from Harriet Winslow Sewall
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness.
Poem from John Keats
Very nice work on this and I like the part about exfoliating your feet! That give me a good smile! The work on the images in this is great also and very nice poems!
i defoliate my legs occasionally…. or maybe it’s closer to logging…. straight cut combining at the very least, or clearing brush. they’re not perfect legs, but they’re good legs and i’ve learned that i can count on them when i need them. i don’t believe perfection is attainable. and i think that those who demand it – from themselves, or from others – are unhappy people. after several cases of mistaken identity, i’m not sure if the ‘love of my life’ exists…. but love exists….. though it’s never perfect.
once i ‘settled for’ my husband, he became perfect
now i’ve got to make plans to exfoliate his feet 
you’re brilliant and i love you lol
Love your blog. got here by mistake, think I might stay for a while.
My Love is perfect and I’m just a donkey!
Do not wait for perfection. Do not settle for good enough. Love, A Mom
I think those who demand of themselves and others in the perfection have a hard life … This does not mean that we should not try … Having a model is one thing to adapt is better! And especially do not miss the best opportunities that life has to offer! Good day, Seraphine!
i’m so far of the perfection , than i let fall now
funny post , Sera, i will have a smiling morning , thanks thanks
Be warned Sera, the older you get the more unattainable people and things there are, so make hay while the sun shines
Wonderful stuff, Sera. i like your comments and insights and your super drawings.
I smile and I think – thanks for provoking both
))
Live the Present first – that’d be my quick answer (no time, I have my nails to do now
Either scenario carries a risk. And forever is one hell of a long time.
Timely question as I’ve recently decided to go with me, myself and I – such a lovely combination! No waiting involved in that choice.
My husband WAS perfect, about 25 years ago. Now, he’s good enough. And I’ve found that good enough is MUCH easier to live with, since I’m not perfect, myself.
My dear young woman, you who are so talented and beautiful…know that it makes no difference x
Good Enough ! What is that ? It is nothing . It is just to accept anything . Many says – better anything than nothing . I do not agree with this . I love to wait for perfection ! hah a .. and still have not found what I am looking for …
)) not cool , ha ?
I waited for the right person. But, in hindsight (and lots of advice from friends) tells me I may have been too slow in the romance department, since I need to know the person well before I can make any assessment as to romantic suitabilty. Friend stold me women wouldn’t wait 6 months or a year while I was evaluating. One of my favourite questions was, “How do you woo?” To which I would reply, “If by wooing, you mean acting goofy in order to attract a woman’s attention and hope she will be impressed by me, then, I don’t woo. What is wrong with who I am?” No one ever told me what was wrong with me, unless it was to rol their eyes and tell me the world didn’t work that way.
Crazy wonderful…Your work is wild and creative…..
And i just had a pedicure yesterday…so I am ready for anything.
Did you recently change blog format? This is easier to navigate and to comment upon…or maybe I just got smarter.
Perfection is a lie. True love is the when you find the person you can tolerate the most.
Very professional and a joy to view and read.
It is a very big thing for people for whom love has happened. And they are the idiots of the century if they let it go in the contest on making it perfect. Love, my dear, has been perfect since the day it happened. Ask them, who are still trying to find some love.
sometimes something can be expected,sometimes something cann’t be expected. ‘forever’ is forever a relative word and hard to explain…
Glorious …and I might have a SL crush developing!
There is always room for improvement and what could be better than improving oneself?
i think there will always be someone better than the one we are with, but better does not always mean best right?
I was reading through your comments here. AJAY said it best! I love his words. Just pretend I said that.
Perfection does not exist, so I’d settle for “almost” perfect. Good enough is just not good enough for me. Lol.
Poets’ lament must we all wait?
Accept the queues, like nature our fate
Or is each new season
Rays for fresh hope
Repeated in patterns
Away with old cloaks!
best wiashes
I couldn’t agree with you more. Sometimes we strive for perfection and in doing so we push away the ones that love us the most.
A good post. We live in fast times. I feel there is time to find the “right person”! lol Sera!!!
Anyone looking for perfection is an idiot. It does not exist. It is also stupid to try and change someone to fit your mold of perfection. It never works without destroying who that person is. Eventually they will hate you for trying it. Just find someone you get along with let things take their course naturally.
I dont think perfection exists…there is always something that could be better…but if there is true love then acceptance is total and the state that results is as close to perfection as it can get:) Wonderful post and poem Sera!!!
Sad but true, Seraphine, as we all know, not one of us is perfect. We’re all human. But some relationships are definitely more “perfect” than others, even if it takes several tries before you figure it all out. Sigh.
I settle for someone I can cuddle with.
Perfection doesn’t exist, being a couple take for work… yeah, Cosmo doesn’t said that but it’s true. Same as the supermodel legs are photoshopped and not all stars were born skinny.
I think maybe certain people won’t wait for you forever….and that’s the way life is. But I think it could take lifetimes to find the right person for you… the perfect person..for you. I wish I had more patience! Great comic as always Seralicious
Perfection exists !.. She’s Seraphine !!
Very funny comic! Enjoy your work.